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GDT: Animal House, Bruins @ Devils, 7:30 TNT

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guitarguyvic said:
I may take a sabbatical from this place, willingly this time. Not just because the doomsday prediction posts are so downright cringe and insufferable and I think I need to step away from that bullshit, but also because the losing coincided closely with my return. I think I need to do it for myself and the good of the team.
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See you in April against the Pens in round 1!
 
ZachaFlockaFlame said:
I get that it's annoying to wait for them to work out of this funk but they're still in a decent spot with games in hands on teams, the issue is that this division is ruthless from 1-6. If we won tonight, we would've been closer to Carolina than we are the Islanders. And like someone said, if the division keeps winning at this pace then yeah clearly it's not meant to be if they keep shooting they way they are. Caps are on a heater, Rangers are a decent roll, Isles have found their game, etc. It's up to the Devils to find theirs from now to the end of the January on a similar run.
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Watch the Devils "find theirs" when they're firmly out of the playoff picture and will win just enough so their draft position is worse. :banghead::baghead:
 
NJDevs26 said:
That's the other thing that worries me. Aside from Palat the Devils really haven't had any costly injuries yet, and don't give me Bastian. If we're that fragile a fourth liner is a major injury then we really aren't that good. I'm not sure that kind of good fortune will keep up the rest of the year.
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Don't forget Marino and Graves...
 
guitarguyvic said:
I may take a sabbatical from this place, willingly this time. Not just because the doomsday prediction posts are so downright cringe and insufferable and I think I need to step away from that bullshit, but also because the losing coincided closely with my return. I think I need to do it for myself and the good of the team.
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Your return has no bearing on the results my man. It's been fun having you around lately and your attitude towards the team is refreshing. I'm glad you can see the progress and the bright future for the team.
 
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Ef it really. Even when the effort is there, they still lose, just like tonight. Sad to start setting our sights for 23-24 season already but the team just cant get shit done
 
Emperoreddy said:
Literally .500 hockey would have been fine this month. They couldn't even come close to that.
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I'm really sick of hearing that our expectations were unreasonable after the streak. They were not. Everyone here was prepared to lose some games, everyone was prepared for a slump.

No one was ready for the team to take a shit for an entire month, nor should they have been.
 
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guitarguyvic said:
I may take a sabbatical from this place, willingly this time. Not just because the doomsday prediction posts are so downright cringe and insufferable and I think I need to step away from that bullshit, but also because the losing coincided closely with my return. I think I need to do it for myself and the good of the team.
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No seriously. Stick around. Team needs to learn how to win with you in the fold.
 
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guitarguyvic said:
I may take a sabbatical from this place, willingly this time. Not just because the doomsday prediction posts are so downright cringe and insufferable and I think I need to step away from that bullshit, but also because the losing coincided closely with my return. I think I need to do it for myself and the good of the team.
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Dont dissappear for real. The downturn has nothing to do with you. Lol. It just happened to coincide, but obviously not you! Anyway, Jim was out on a hutning/roadtrip when we went on the streak, so you can always defer to him.

Really, Its just NJ be NJ. Palat will be back that will do something good soon. This team better learn from this though.
 
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NJDevs26 said:
Well the thirteen-game streak and twenty-one out of twenty-five raised the stakes. Now anything short of the playoffs is a disaster, and this team's staring right at the abyss.
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Speak for yourself. My expectations haven't changed, regardless of the streak. Sure, the playoffs were way more in reach during the streak, but I always saw this team as a wild card/bubble team this year. Progress is progress and perspective is important.
 
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NJDevs26 said:
Well the thirteen-game streak and twenty-one out of twenty-five raised the stakes. Now anything short of the playoffs is a disaster, and this team's staring right at the abyss.
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Yeah you can't start that way then just go back to the old expectations like it never happened.

The team raised the stakes then completely failed to live up to those stakes.

They haven't lived up to the preseason stakes this month either though. A very sub .500 month is last year shit
 
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Capt Nico Poo said:
This team has 3 points out of their last 10 games (i.e. max 20points attainable) :laugh: thats just ridiculous
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Emperoreddy said:
Yeah you can't start that way then just go back to the old expectations like it never happened.

The team raised the stakes then completely failed to live up to those stakes.

They haven't lived up to the preseason stakes this month either though. A very sub .500 month is last year shit
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You literally can though.
 
Blackjack said:
I'm really sick of hearing that our expectations were unreasonable after the streak. They were not. Everyone here was prepared to lose some games, everyone was prepared for a slump.

No one was ready for the team to take a shit for an entire month, nor should they have been.
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If anything the unreasonable expectations were anointing them a Cup contender after a great 1/3 of the season. That was way too premature. Even after the winning streak I think most of us should have ONLY expected the playoffs at that point. And there's actually a chance they might not hit that, which would be an embarrassment of the highest order
 
NJDevs26 said:
That's the other thing that worries me. Aside from Palat the Devils really haven't had any costly injuries yet, and don't give me Bastian. If we're that fragile a fourth liner is a major injury then we really aren't that good. I'm not sure that kind of good fortune will keep up the rest of the year.
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A "fourth line" player that also kills penalties and is one of the few capable of providing net front presence on the PP.
 
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I think the other worrying thing is that this stretch has coincided with the schedule getting tougher. Only 6 of their 22 wins have come against teams currently in playoff position. Only 1 (the ot win vs Toronto) against a team currently in the top 3 of their division. Obviously you are going to have less wins vs those type teams and more against bad teams, but you do need to get some results against those type teams if you are in a playoff race.
 
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